Shoe-lace.



A. LATTINVILLE.

SHOE LACE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 10, 1914..

Lm5 5$=o Patented M1119, 1915.

ARTHUR- LATTIN'VILLE, 01E HAP/ELTON, ONTARIG, CAIQ'ADA SHOE-LACE.

a lication filed April '10, rate.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ARTHUR LATTINVILLE, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, and a citizen of the Dominion of Canada, residing at 187 Queenstreet north, in the city of Hamilton, in the county of Wentworth,Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new anduseful Inn provements in Shoe-Laces, of which the followingis aspecification.

This invention relates to shoe laces and it has more particularreference to that type oflace embodying a flexible portion or havin atone end thereof an enlarged shield, said shield serving to retain oneend of the lace in position.

The object of my invention is to provide a. new or improved type of laceof the nature specified, and to this end my invention consistsessentially in securely attaching the lialce to the button or shieldmember in single The accompanying drawing is in illustration of myinvention, Figure 1, being a perspective view of a boot having myimproved lace laced thereto; and Fig. 2, is a detail of the lace endhereinafter more particularly referred to. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detailof the button end of the lace.

According tomy present invention the ticpiea oi this patent may heobtained for live cents each, "by addressing the Specification ofMetters "Patent.

Serial No. 830,965.

lace 1, is'provided at one end with a button 2, having slots 3, 3,formed therein. The lacev 1, is threaded therethrough the said slots 3,3, and stamped or otherwise flattened down so that the tongues 4, 4-,are forced to impinge in the fabric of the lace l. 4

In use, the lace l, is threaded through the eyelet 5, with the button 2,on the inside of the boot or shoe, and laced as shown up to the hooks 6,6. T he free end of the lace l, is

then {placed at the back of the boot as shown and the lace laced overthe hooks G, 6, WilQT5- upon the loose end of the lace is drawn tigh andthe shoe presents a neat and finishec lacing.

Having thus described my invention, What it claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A shoe lace comprising fleztihle member, and a button at one end thereoihaving slots and tongues therein, said flexible member being threadedthrough said slots and the tongues forced into engagement therewith, asset forth for the purpose specified.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twoWitnesses.

ARTHUR LATTINVTLLLE.

Witnesses:

(learn; NICHOLSON, ALFRED T, Bnarron.

Washington D. C.

